Clara

\kla.ʁa\

/\kla.ʁa\/ name

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The verdict

“Clara” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,216
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom officiel d’une commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales, dont le nom officiel est maintenant Clara-Villerach.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clara · Clara · French

Clara · rank #8,216 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,216
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH citron

Nearest frequency peer: citron (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clara »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Clara » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Clara vs cra
40% similar
Clara vs clay
40% similar
Clara vs cora
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Clara
PropertyValue
HeadwordClara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kla.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,216
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clara »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Clarase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « citron » (#8,215), « chèvre » (#8,214), « cheville » (#8,213). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Clara » est au #8,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Clara (IPA \kla.ʁa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,216 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancien nom officiel d’une commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales, dont le nom officiel est maintenant Clara-Villerach.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clara, with forms such as "calra", "cclara", and "claar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cra", "clay", "cora", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Clara, spelled C-L-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom officiel d’une commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales, dont le nom officiel est maintenant Clara-Villerach.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calra
  • cclara
  • claar
  • clarra
  • cllara
  • clraa
  • lcara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clara - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

calra2cclara1claar2clarra1cllara1clraa2lcara2
Edit distance from "Clara"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Clara"?
"Clara" is spelled C-L-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.ʁa\.
What does "Clara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Clara" means: Ancien nom officiel d’une commune française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales, dont le nom officiel est maintenant Clara-Villerach.
What words are commonly confused with "Clara"?
"Clara" is commonly confused with "cra", "clay", "cora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Clara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Clara" is \kla.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Clara" come from?
"Clara" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Clara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

audit#8,196firme#8,244happy#8,250Wayne#8,180

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vider7 variantsspace7 variantsrideau7 variantsrejette7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list